The Boo-Boos That Changed the World: A True Story about an Accidental Invention (Really!)
by Barry Wittenstein and Chris Hsu
Did you know Band-Aids were invented by accident?! And that they weren't mass-produced... read more
16 Total Resources 1 Awards 7 State Lists View Text Complexity Discover Like Books
- Grade
- PK-5
- Genre
- Nonfiction
Year Published 2018
Word Count 990
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 640L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.9
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 193557, 0.5 AR Points
- Subject Headings
- Medical innovations--History--Juvenile literature
- Bandages and bandaging--History--Juvenile literature
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Dickson, Earle
- Johnson & Johnson
- Juvenile Fiction | General
- Wounds and injuries--Treatment--Juvenile literature
- Skin
- Wounds and injuries
- Dickson, Earle, 1892-1961--Juvenile literature
- Johnson & Johnson--History--Juvenile literature
- History
- Bandages and bandaging
- Treatment
- Skin--Wounds and injuries--Juvenile literature
- Medical innovations
Our Original Resources 4
Audio Name Pronunciation with Barry Wittenstein
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Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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About the Authors 6
Audio Name Pronunciation with Barry Wittenstein
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Author Interviews 2
Interview with Barry Wittenstein
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Interview with Barry Wittenstein
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 7
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Activity Guide from Charlesbridge
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Curriculum Guide from Charlesbridge
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Teaching Ideas from Texas Bluebonnet Award 2019-2020
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Reader's Theater Script from Texas Bluebonnet Award 2019-2020
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Teaching Ideas from Knowledge Quest (AASL)
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Book Readings 1
Audiobook Excerpt narrated by L.J. Ganser
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Book Trailers 1
Video Book Trailer from Texas Bluebonnet Award
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Awards & Distinctions 1
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2022
Nonfiction Selection, 2018
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